ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231457
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| Date: | Friday 3 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LZ175 |
| MSN: | EE-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lybster, Caithness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Caithness, Scotland |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Beaufighter LZ175: Took off for proceeding to RAF Leuchars. 03/09/1943
They had no sooner left the drome than the pilot started to do some low flying and struck the top of a house knocking off the chimneys which broke the tail off the plane which crashed killing all three in the plane.
The aircraft crashed just outside of Lybster.
Crew:
P/O (J/18495) Svein JOSEPHSON (Pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (R/105558) Gordon Llewellyn SEWARD (nav.) RCAF - killed
Cpl (R/91111) Albert Edgar WOOLHOUSE (pass. /mech. 8404 SE) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.ORB 404 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2019 20:42 | tachel | Added |
| 19-Jan-2021 11:12 | fanda | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2022 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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